At long last, Theresa May Resigned. Her own incompetence did her in.
It’s finally happened. Theresa May has announced her departure from 10 Downing Street. In a speech this morning following a meeting with Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, the prime minister said she would stand aside on Friday 7 June, with the process to select a new Conservative party leader starting the following week. Fighting back tears, she said:
“I will shortly leave the job that it has been the honour of my life to hold. The second female prime minister but certainly not the last. I do so with no ill will, but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country I love.”
Tearful Theresa May
The final seconds are telling.
No Praise in This Corner
Various leaders gave her praise or at least disguised praise. Such comments aren’t worth the time they take to read.
Theresa May deserves scorn.
Here is the alternate comment that matches my view. It’s from Owen Jones at the Guardian.
Spare me the inevitable pity for Theresa May after her tearful farewell address this morning. “Oh wasn’t she given such a terrible hand!” people might cry – or “is it her fault that her backbenchers are such a bunch of Neanderthal extremists?” some will say and “it’s not her fault Brexit is such an undeliverable mess, is it?”. We must see through this. May is the worst prime minister on their own terms since Lord North’s reign in the late 18th century, when the US colonies declared their independence.
May did indeed inherit a terrible hand. She then proceeded to douse it liberally with petrol and set it on fire.
The Tories will choose a new Prime Minister by July.
Boris Johnson is the front runner, far and away.
Election Process
- Nominations will close in the week commencing 10 June, before “successive rounds of voting will take place until a final choice of candidates to put to a vote of all party members is determined”.
- “We expect that process to be concluded by the end of June, allowing for a series of hustings around the UK for members to meet and question the candidates, then cast their votes in time for the result to be announced before parliament rises for the summer,” they say.
- The UK should have a new prime minister by mid-July.
Different Breed and Emergency Meeting
The EU is put on a brave face as they prepare for a “Different Breed” of PM.
EU leaders are to hold emergency talks next week as they prepare for a “different breed” of Brexiter to replace Theresa May as Britain’s prime minister. Shortly after May’s announcement that she was to resign as party leader on 7 June , the bloc’s leaders spoke as one in reasserting their refusal to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement.
Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, offered his thanks to May, but added: “The agreement reached between the EU and the United Kingdom for an ordered Brexit remains on the table.” [Excuse me for pointing out, there is no table]
A spokeswoman for Jean-Claude Juncker said the European commission president had followed May’s tearful statement “without personal joy”, and described her as a “very courageous woman”. She added that Juncker would treat any new prime minister with the respect shown to May, but that the commission’s position on negotiations being closed would not change. [Respect for May? What a hoot.]
An EU official said the “almost consensus analysis” was that May would be replaced by a hard Brexiter. “Mentally we have to prepare for a different breed on the other side of the table,” one senior official said. “The Tory party will be in survival mode and in order to survive it will have to regain credibility as the party of Brexit.”
Brave Face
A senior EU diplomat also said it was unthinkable that leaders such as Macron would offer Johnson more than May. “It is fundamental question of our credibility at a time when the EU needs to hold the line, against populists, Donald Trump on trade and Russia. Will we it throw all away just to help a Brexiter like Boris Johnson? Can you see President Macron doing that?”.
I beg to differ. EU solidarity will last about as long as German exports hold up in a global economy headed for recession.
Extension?
Those willing to countenance rejecting a further extension request are not yet, however, believed to be in the majority. “It really depends a lot on Britain, but I don’t think the large majority [of EU member states] will fundamentally oppose an extension,” a source said. “As long as Britain works constructively in order not to disrupt the work of the European Union, I don’t really see the balance of opinion changing in the council.”
Please bear in mind that any extension request first has to formally come from the UK, then it must be unanimous by the EU.
It is not in Boris Johnson’s or any new PM to request an extension.
The Tories need to deliver Brexit.
Extension will delay the agony with those sorry Remainers howling every step of the way.
New Elections
Jeremy Corbyn wants new elections. At his first opportunity, he will call a confidence vote.
In a confidence motion, every MP gets to vote, not just the Tories.
Will that be before or after a hard Brexit?
Some Tories will no doubt vote against Johnson.
Two-Sided Risk
A motion of no confidence is not a one-sided risk. It might not even pass.
At least 25% of Labour as well as all those in the new and soon to be defunct “Change UK” party do not want one.
Why? Many MPs would get voted out of office if they support Remain or a new referendum.
Brexit Party Dynamics
The Brexit party changed the political landscape.
They could easily win a new election now. They are united, everyone else is splintered.
Prepare for a Hard Brexit
Finally, Corbyn may prefer to wait until Johhson makes a mess of things or the UK falls into recession.
There will be a new election in the not too distant future, but it’s more likely than not to come after a hard Brexit.
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“Boris Johnson is the front runner, far and away.”
Worse than bremain, IMAO.
Juncker had a spokesperson. Probably because he was too drunk to talk coherently.
And the world yawned.
The world will not be yawning in the case of a hard Brexit. The ensuing chaos in Europe has the possibility of bringing down the worlds financial system.
Some of those E.U. politicians and bureaucrats are living in La La land. They need to come up wit some constructive Brexit conditions – as well as eliminate some of the more looney Euro regulations.
“… has the possibility of bringing down the worlds financial system.”
You almost make it sound as if that some sort of a bad thing.
The complete non-response of all markets implies a hard brexit is already built it. Nobody cares.
“The Tories need to deliver Brexit.”
No. The Tories need to cancel the entire Brexit process.
The UK should join Schengen.
The UK should adopt the Euro.
And, the UK should start driving on the correct (right-hand) side of the road.
Sure – if you say so. lol….
Brexit is to Britain what Trump is to the US. Many just can’t accept an election result and move on.
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“Her own incompetence did her in.”
I wouldn’t call it incompetence. Wrecks-It was intentional.
The wicked witch is finally dead. Hopefully Britain will sleep easier tonight.
Notice the referral to Trump and Russia in the same sentence? This is about NWO/One World Government. How dare the Brits want national sovereignty??? Putin, for all his faults wants nothing to do with NWO, and neither does Trump. The ongoing coup d’etat attempt in the US is in the same vein as May’s attempt to scuttle Brexit. Here in the states, the two candidates were supposed to be Hillary and Jeb Bush. Both internationalists. If hard Brexit passes, it will be another blow to the NWO traitorous scum.
Well put.
Hear, hear!
You forgot to mention Q-Anon and Rocket Pizza, otherwise, sound, well thought out opinions.
Yep, and I should also have mentioned little green men and big foot, wise ass.
I would not have thought there was anything going on until about 10 years ago, but there are so many politicians that are simply not behaving in a manner that is in the interest of their countries or their people. But they do seem to make decisions at every turn that put more power into the hands of supra-national organizations, or create wars and international upheaval that are detrimental to the West. I don’t know that there is a truly well organized conspiracy, but I’m damned sure that there are a bunch of people in high places working toward the subjugation of Western democracies to some higher power. Just my opinion based on what I see in the news.
About time! She can go cry in her wine with Hillary. People like this don’t know what to do when they’re no longer prom queen.